
Coline Cauvin
Senior Attorney | Sanctions & Compliance
Salaire / Taux journalier
Paris, France
Freelance
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Introduction
Dual-qualified attorney (Paris Bar/NY) with 7+ years specializing in international sanctions, AML compliance, and regulatory matters. Led complex CJEU proceedings, designed compliance frameworks for multinational tech/mining groups, and managed crisis operations involving sanctioned jurisdictions. Expert in sanctions advisory, export controls, and cross-border litigation delivering strategic risk mitigation solutions.
Expérience de travail
Senior Associate
ACQUISFreelance
mai 2024 - Présent
2 ans 6 mois
• Proceedings before the CJEU (sanctions related disputes) • Supporting sanctions-related civil and commercial litigation across several EU jurisdictions (e.g., Clearstream/Euroclear frozen assets, restructuring of blocked assets, enforcement disputes). • Advising on compliance frameworks and export-control matters for multinational groups (notably in the tech and mining sectors), including risk mitigation and licensing strategies (EU, OFAC, OFSI). • Drafting legal opinions, responding to enforcement authorities, and assisting with internal investigations. • Contributing to public affairs efforts, including EU-level discussions on new sanctions packages and FAQs.
Guest lecturer
CY Cergy Paris Université
oct. 2022 - Présent
4 ans 1 mois
Cergy, France
4 hour seminar on international sanctions 3-part seminar on financial institutions and supervision
Avocat
EY Société d'Avocats
janv. 2022 - mai 2024
2 ans 5 mois
• Sanctions Advisory: Advising on complex operations (financing, trade finance, transport insurance), drafting sanctions clauses, crisis management (exit operations, fund transfers, frozen accounts). Providing legal opinions on transactions involving sanctioned countries (Russia, Iran, Cuba, Syria). • Compliance Programs: Designing sanctions-related procedures, recusal policies for "US Persons," setting up screening systems, risk assessments and audits, training sessions, and regulatory monitoring. • Secondment: Six-month assignment with an international organization to provide sanctions advisory services. • Compliance and Regulatory: regulatory litigation (AMF/ACPR), AML-CFT audits and investigations, development and auditing of AML-CFT programs, anti-corruption training, and advising on various regulations (digital payments, CRR, Disclosure).
Avocat
Vasco Avocats Paris
mai 2019 - janv. 2022
2 ans 9 mois
Région de Paris, France
• Advisory services to EU companies doing business with countries under international sanctions (Iran, Syria, Cuba). • Legal advice in complex international transactions. • Implementation of international sanctions compliance programs, anti-corruption. • Negociating and drafting of contracts, international joint ventures, distribution contracts.
Compliance Officer
BNP Paribas Cardif
sept. 2017 - juil. 2018
11 mois
Région de Paris, France
Junior Compliance Officer in the financial security team. Handling alerts, conducting due diligence, and filing suspicious activity reports with TRACFIN
Stagiaire
Veil Jourde
juin 2017 - juil. 2017
2 mois
Droit des affaires, droit pénal des affaires, arbitrage
Stagiaire
Cabinet Bordeau Coguic Dollon
mai 2016 - juil. 2016
3 mois
Droit du travail, droit des sociétés, dommages corporels, droit des personnes
Formation
Academy of European Law (ERA)
Training - Young European Lawers Academy
2025 - 2025
2 mois
University of Illinois College of Law
Master of Laws - LLM
2018 - 2019
2 ans
CY Cergy Paris Université
Master 2 Droit et Éthique des Affaires
2017 - 2018
2 ans
Université de Bordeaux
Master 1 en droit des affaires et de la fiscalité
2016 - 2017
2 ans
Université de Caen Normandie
Licence
2013 - 2016
4 ans